Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual
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Book Overview
This revised edition of a cross-cultural study of rituals surrounding death has become a standard text in anthropology, sociology, and religion. Part of its fascination and success is that in understanding other people's death rituals we are able to gain a better understanding of our own. Peter Metcalf and Richard Huntington refer to a wide variety of examples from different continents and epochs. They compare the great tombs of the Berawan of Borneo...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521423759
ISBN13:9780521423755
Release Date:October 1991
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:258 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Celebration of death
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I am so impressed with the information in this book, it has been an asset for my research.
Good Book for a new Anthropologist
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a good book which deals with funerary rites and traditions. It looks at how death is celebrated in various countries and through different cultures. I gave it four stars instead of five as I had hoped it would have dealt more with persons from an African and Aborigine environments.
Groundbreaking ethnographies
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is by far the most enjoyable and fascinating comparative case-studies I've read concerning treatment of the dead in Southeast Asia. I suggest this book to anyone wishing to crossculturally examine views of the deceased and the rituals associated with death. Superb, absolutely brilliant. Raven Digitalis
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